Transmission Ateliter - "If The Shadows Could March" @ La Luz De Jesus Gallery 2/5/10

Transmission Ateliter - "If The Shadows Could March"
(Anatomical illustrations and religious allegory, 16th - 19th Century)
Feb. 5 - 28, 2009 Artist reception: Friday, Feb. 5, 2010 ~ 8 pm - 11 pm

In the spirit of the art printers of 19th century Europe, leveraging the most advanced - modern digital imaging methods, Transmission Atelier is a publisher and a fine art printmaker producing superior quality art and photo editions. Based in Chicago, the studio works with artists, galleries, museums, dealers and collectors. Transmission Atelier was founded by James Kay a native Chicagoan, James began as a commercially trained photo-engraver and Photo-lithographer at the age of 15. With over 25 years in the Graphics Industry, James has transitioned his expertise from the production of commercially printed graphic art to fine art photography, publishing, and digital pigment based print making.

"If Shadows Could March" will feature high end facsimile edition prints of antique anatomical illustration from the 18th and 19th century. Each edition is made from the original source material from the Transmission Atelier Library or from loaned works from private collectors. The engraving and printing techniches used by the artists on these original works is of astonishing craftmanship and is all but a completely lost art form. Transmission Atelier has retained all of the original detail, color and even the flaws in the antique paper. The overall quality of an Digital edition print, from color accuracy to fine to microscopic detail, is dependent upon the digital capture methodology. In this area Transmission Atelier is equipped with the most advanced digital capture and imaging technology as well as 3 decades of color communication, scanning and print premedia experience. In the spirit of European Print Making studios of the 18th and 19th century, Transmission Atelier will cycle through as many as 10 rounds of proofing to ensure that each edition is identical to and indistinguishable from the original source material.

La Luz de Jesus Gallery
4633 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90027
323-666-7667 Fax: 323-663-0243
www.laluzdejesus.com